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Dána-Ain Davis is associate professor of urban studies at Queens College, CUNY. She is author of Battered Black Women and Welfare Reform, a contributor to Beyond Reproduction, and, with Christa Craven, coeditor of Feminist Activist Ethnography. She is the coeditor of TransformingAnthropology, the journal of the Association of Black Anthropologists.
Christa Craven is associate professor of anthropology and chair of women’s, gender, and sexuality studies at the College of Wooster. She is the author of Pushing for Midwives and coeditor of Feminist Activist Ethnography.
PrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction- What is “Feminist” in Feminist Ethnography?
- Historicizing Feminist Ethnography
- Debates in Feminist Ethnography
- How Does One Do Feminist Ethnography?
- Challenges for Feminist Ethnographers
- Producing Feminist Ethnography
- Feminist Activist Ethnography
- Thinking Through the Future of Feminist Ethnography: A Conversation
GlossaryReferencesAbout the AuthorsIndex
With this text, Davis and Craven have crafted a stunningly multi-dimensional, textured, provocative, and vibrant introduction to feminist ethnography. They engage multiple perspectives and unpack deep theoretical, methodological, and political material in an accessible and transparent way. Bravo!
— Michelle Fine, The Graduate Center, City University of New York
An important addition to methods courses in an array of disciplines, offering a comprehensive overview of how feminist ethnography functions alongside (or emerges from) other prevailing methodologies within those fields. In a very detailed, specific, and rich way, Davis and Craven unpack the methods regularly used by feminist researchers and carefully spell out what exactly it means to take a feminist approach to inquiry.
— Holly Hassel, University of Wisconsin–Marathon County
With its expansive scope and even-handed presentation of materials, this text enables students to critically understand the links between the ethnographic enterprise and feminist theory. The authors explain concepts without assuming previous familiarity or expertise and more importantly, with judicious use of jargon. Their systematic presentation of methods, history, writing, and political praxis makes this a crucial guide to the field.
— Martin F. Manalansan IV, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
A highly adaptable and undeniably valuable resource, this text fills an important gap in understanding, explaining, and demonstrating the significance of feminist ethnography.
— Ujju Aggarwal, The Graduate Center, City University of New York
Employs a theoretically rich and historically rooted “but/and” hands-on approachSituates feminist methodology in historical context and helps students identify specific researchers who utilize a feminist approachDistinguishes between methods and methodologies and spells out how rigorous research takes placeEnables readers to gain an understanding of how to think with a feminist sensibility as they engage other theories, canons, and professional practicesEmploys a single, conversational voice to explore the subjectIncorporates more than 30 interviews with contemporary feminist ethnographers to help students see how “real feminist ethnographers” are doing work right nowIncludes more than 25 excerpts from key texts that contribute to feminist ethnographyShowcases a diversity of scholars and scholarship as an integrated part of the research processIntegrates critical thinking assignments and suggestions for further readingOffers practical “how-to” advice in addition to a theoretical overview of the fieldAttends to debates and ethical questions, giving readers a clear and nuanced understanding of the feminist ethnographyKey terms are bolded in the text; a glossary helps students build their understanding of vocabulary in the disciplineApplicable for use in methodology courses in anthropology, communication, critical race studies, ethnic studies, education, psychology, sociology, urban studies, and women’s/gender studies with both a social sciences and a humanities focusThis text is accompanied by an author-maintained website that can be found here:http://discover.wooster.edu/feministethnography/